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Feb 4 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
If there was a movement to have Spotify remove sexist or racist content, I'd support it.

The free market can be used for good things too. "What if there were calls for Spotify to remove music t
Let's see how long before someone comes in and calls me an authoritarian or illiberal... because I support using the free market for something good.

The free market shouldn't only be used for exploiting the poor and marginalized.
I remember one time someone was insisting on his right to use the n-word because rappers do. He then asked if I preferred he boycotted such music. I said "yes, and I'd support you!"

He proceeded to call me names like illiberal and authoritarian.

Funny how that works.
A lot of really weird comments arrived on this one.

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Feb 5
Some argue you must abide offensive speech, because freedom. They also argue you must not use your speech in retaliation, because freedom.
I remain convinced that all sides just want to set their own boundaries on socially acceptable speech, but only one side insists they want to constrain the speech of others in the name of free speech.
There was a time I would argue that side would only socially constrain the speech of others using speech, a tactic I believe to be fair.

But over the last few years, I've realized a tremendous willingness to support the use of state power to constrain speech.
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Feb 3
This is an incredibly broad definition of racism.

So now anyone who suggests black students are less qualified for elite schools, or black workers for management jobs, is engaging in racism.

All those who suggest black biological or cultural inferiority are now being racist. ADL interim definition of racism
All those who suggest black biological or cultural inferiority are now engaging in racism according to the Anti-Defamation League.

All those who assume black people are less intelligent or capable, are engaging in racism.
I know some like it because it also labels attempt to address the impacts of racism are racist, but they rarely want their assumptions of inferiority to be labeled racism.
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Feb 2
My hottest take:

While Rachel Dolezal claimed to be black and others around her thought she was black, she *was* black.

As there's no essence to race, a person is whatever they are recognized as in terms of social positioning.
Because social race isn't fixed, a person *can* transition between races as socially labeled. If within one social circle a person presents and is racialized as race X and in another circle as race Y, then both labels are concurrently valid socially.
Of course, all of this is built on this truth about social race. It's a label placed upon us that we chose to recognize and others can recognize too

So nothing prevents multiple, even conflicting labels within different circles. Nothing prevents fluidity

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Feb 1
This is an interesting position, but I don't want to give away what really stands out.

White to move. Let's see your thoughts. 3rr1k1/1p3np1/p1p1pq1p/2Pp1...
What was interesting about this puzzle is it shows how we prioritize ideas. People came up with plans instead of just moves, and that was great

The main attacking idea was a "minority attack" by pushing b5. It's a fine idea.
The second idea, and the one played in the game, was also found by some in the comments. It's hard to see because it's very counterintuitive.

It looks at what black is threatening to do (play...e5), and stops it. That move is f4!

It blocks the bishop, but that's okay.
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Jan 31
I'm far from a supporter of communism, but the comparison of communism to Nazism is silly to me.

A lot of horrible things happened under communism, monarchism, and democracy.

Judge a philosophy as immoral on its own merits, not simply that bad things happened under it's rule.
What people are really arguing is that Stalin's decision to kill people is somehow an inherent idea of communism. It's a bad argument.

Enslaving black people isn't an inherent idea of Republicanism either, but using the same bad argument...
Staying consistent with my previous positions, I do think it's reasonable to say these bad things reflected on the underlying ideologies.

I just think a lot of those ideologies we treat as morally neutral or good, have more than plenty blood on their hands (e.g liberalism)
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Jan 30
It's hard to understand the reasoning of those who think the public using speech and the free market is an authoritarian infringement of Free Speech.
Within much of the discussion about free speech is an assumption that there should be a social hierarchy in terms of whose speech is more respected.

The disruption of that hierarchy is seen as an attack on their expected social order.
I personally believe the government should have very little say in public speech. With few exceptions, the public on the other hand should be completely free to speak and react to speech, as long as it's within the law.
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